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Eat
May 12, 2021

25 Essential Taco Types, Explained

From al pastor to huitlacoche.

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Eat
Apr 23, 2020

How IHOP Became a Ramadan Favorite

Pancakes are especially delicious at 3 a.m.

Netflix Gentefied
Eat
Mar 5, 2020

Netflix's 'Gentefied' Is the Revolution Taco Tuesday Needs

One of the most enduring and telling scenes of the new series Gentefied, which premiered Feb. 21 on Netflix, comes in episode three, which opens with the iconic Mexican bolero “Sabor a Mi."

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Eat
Oct 22, 2019

After Halloween, the Dead Rise for This Treat

In 2017, Pixar dropped arguably the single most important animated film in Latinx-American pop culture with the release of Coco.

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Eat
Oct 22, 2019

The Way to Your Dead Loved Ones' Hearts Is Through the Belly

Long before we started decorating with skeletons and ghosts for Halloween, some 2,500 years ago, the indigenous people of Mesoamerica celebrated their dead with a month-long festival.

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Eat
Sep 4, 2019

The OG of Detroit Mexican Is a Cheesy Mess and You'd Better Respect It

The botana is as essential to Detroit’s food identity as the coney dog, square pizza, or Better Made chips.

Eat
Aug 29, 2019

How a Fried Plantain Sandwich Became a Modern American Classic

Walk into Papa’s Cache Sabroso in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood and the aroma of the stacks of rotating pollo chon (chicken prepared like lechón, Puerto Rico’s famous roast pork) smacks you in the face.

Detroit Institute of Arts
Travel
Jun 3, 2019

Actually Fun Date Ideas in Detroit

Now that we’ve suffered through a particularly brutal winter, let's all remember why we love to live in Detroit: the gorgeous summers.

mole
Eat
Sep 14, 2018

13 Mexican Dishes You Should Be Ordering but Aren't

Mexican food has a long history in the United States.

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Lifestyle
Sep 6, 2018

Where to Go Apple Picking in Michigan This Fall

'Tis the season.

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Drink
Jun 8, 2018

Where to Watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Detroit

We Detroiters love our sports, with major league teams for every season and plenty of Big Ten college teams to follow across Michigan.

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Events
Jun 9, 2016

Every Outdoor Movie Playing in Detroit This Summer, in One Calendar

Yes, it’s finally hot enough in the D that the last thing you want is to be cooped up indoors, whether it's on a roof with a cocktail or traipsing around the great state of Michigan.